Section: US & Canada

Russia is planning to strengthen its presence in the arms dealing market across Asia, Africa and Latin America, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin who addressed members of the Kremlin’s commission for military cooperation with foreign states at the commission’s first annual meeting in Moscow last night. “Today, new...

According to a draft statement by the European Union, the asset freezes and travel bans imposed on dozens of Russians, Russian entities, and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine following Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula will be extended until the end of 2015. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Moscow (AFP) – Russia promised government spending cuts but more money for retirees and billions of dollars worth of support for banks as it detailed Wednesday a plan to support its economy battered by low oil prices and sanctions.The plan, published on the government’s website on Wednesday morning, foresees a 10 percent reduction in...

Nearly one year after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the crisis continues to deepen between Russian and Ukrainian forces over control of eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian army withdrew last week from the badly damaged Donetsk airport, one of its few remaining strongholds in the contested eastern portion of the country. A rocket attack on...

KYIV—It is quarter to midnight on the last night of 2014, and the mass of people pouring out of the Metro station near Sophia Square in the Ukrainian capital is so colorfully adorned it is almost unsettling. One of the more jarring aspects of Kyiv, for a first-time visitor like myself, is the strict black/gray monotony of local dress. On this...

Foreign ministers for the 28 member states of the European Union will meet on Thursday to discuss additional sanctions against Russia, after pro-Russian rebels commenced a new, deadly offensive in East Ukraine. The EU has drafted a statement saying that it will add new individuals to the sanctions list and extend current sanctions by six months.,...

OTTAWA – Canada will provide another low-interest, $200-million loan to Ukraine to help promote economic stability. The government says the loan will come from Export Development Canada. The loan agreement includes a provision enabling Canada to audit how the money is used and requires Ukraine to provide regular reports on the spending....

OTTAWA – Canada will provide another low-interest, $200-million loan to Ukraine to help promote economic stability.The government says the loan will come from Export Development Canada.The loan agreement includes a provision enabling Canada to audit how the money is used and requires Ukraine to provide regular reports on the...

Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian army officer and pilot who was captured in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and spirited to prison in Moscow, may die in captivity there on the hunger strike she has pursued for 45 days, her lawyer wrote on January 26. As her attorney, Mark Feygin, urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter to release...